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Re: Cardinals Minor Leaguer thinks Lester was cheating last night

Originally Posted by bengalsown

Did anyone look at the evidence? Looks pretty obvious to me.

It looks obvious that something is on his glove in that one single frame screen shot. Impossible to conclude anything beyond that. However, my opinion is that it's far more common than we think for a pitcher to use an aid of some sort.

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Re: Cardinals Minor Leaguer thinks Lester was cheating last night

It is very blatant across most teams, especially in the summer. Pitchers put sunscreen on their glove hand forearm and use that. Cannot remember who, but one pitcher went so far as to say the hitters are ok with it. Since it gives pitchers more control, fewer batter get HBP.

Re: Cardinals Minor Leaguer thinks Lester was cheating last night

You just can't hide unnatural movement acquired by using slippery substances from pitch f/x, this isn't 1960. If they want the umpires to start checking for pine tar and sunscreen and other grip assisting substances, go for it.

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